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Meaning & Origins
(Spanish) form of Carmel, altered by folk etymology to the form of the Latin word carmen ‘song’. It is now sometimes found as a given name in the English-speaking world, in spite of, or perhaps because of, its association with the tragic romantic heroine of Bizet's opera Carmen (1875), based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée.
| 209th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Spanish (Fernández): patronymic from the personal name Fernando. The surname (and to a lesser extent the variant Hernandez) has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there, and as a result of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century, many of whom moved to Italy.
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Nicknames & variations
Carmine, Carman, Carmon, Carmena, Carmina, Carmencita, Carmenza, Carmin, Carmona, Carmencata
Fernandes, Fernando, Fern, Fernald, Fernadez, Ferns, Fernau, Fernholz, Ferner, Fernicola
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